If you are lucky enough to be working with an OpenType Pro font, then you…probably have the choice of several different numeral styles.…Let's take a look at these.…Here, I'm working with Chaparral Pro, and that does have some different number…styles, and those styles are Tabular Lining, Proportional Lining, Proportional Oldstyle, and Tabular Oldstyle.…So, the first distinction is the style of the numeral itself.…The Oldstyle numerals have descenders and ascenders as indicated by this example…down here where I have drawn a guide to indicate the X height and another to…indicate the baseline, and we see that the 3, the 4, the 5, the 7, and the 9…all have descenders, and the 6 and the 8 all have ascenders.…

Contrast that with the Lining style, and we see that all the numerals are at the…cap height of the text.…Now, in addition to the style, there is also the factor of whether they are…Tabular or Proportional.…And if they are Tabular, regardless of whether they are Oldstyle or Lining, then…each numeral occupies the same set width as indicated here, the rationale being…

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11/12/2014

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8/3/2012

Explore the numerous type options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign. Using practical, real-world examples, instructor and designer Nigel French dissects the anatomy of a typeface and defines the vocabulary of typography. The course moves from the micro to the macro level, addressing issues such as choosing page size, determining the size of margins, adjusting number columns, and achieving a clean look with baseline grids. This course takes you from laying out a page to delving into the hows and whys of typography.

Topics include:

Understanding text threads and text flow methods in InDesign

Using Copy and Paste vs. Place

Choosing and combining typefaces

Understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width

Comparing points, picas, and ems

Learning the proper use of white space and break characters

Understanding the finer points of kerning and tracking

Working with punctuation, special characters, ornaments, and ligatures

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Q: This course was updated on 11/12/2014. What changed?

A: We added 18 new movies, primarily in the "Using Typekit" and "Type Treatments and Effects" chapters. These movies describe new and enhanced typography features in the latest release of InDesign CC, and are indicated by the "(CC 2014.1)" tag in their names.